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hagel or mr. donelan? >> you know, it seems to me that john kerry has been much more in the mainstream and sort of closer to where the administration has been. i think he has gone out as a troubleshooter for the administration on several occasions. >> rose: syria, for example. >> pakistan, syria, other places. and i suspect that president obama is not going to see in senator john kerry as much of an independent operator as we saw with, say, secretary clinton who pressed very hard with bob gates for a much more muscular expansion of the surge in afghanistan. she pressed very hard for the libya intervention. and i'm -- it's not clear to me yet that secretary kerry, if he is confirmed, would necessarily press as hard as she did on those issues. he may well surprise us on that. >> rose: she has high public marks for what she did as secretary of state. among the foreign policy people, what do they look at as her principal accomplishment? >> i think that the public marks have been a little bit higher, charlie, t
hagel or mr. donelan? >> you know, it seems to me that john kerry has been much more in the mainstream and sort of closer to where the administration has been. i think he has gone out as a troubleshooter for the administration on several occasions. >> rose: syria, for example. >> pakistan, syria, other places. and i suspect that president obama is not going to see in senator john kerry as much of an independent operator as we saw with, say, secretary clinton who pressed very...
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john mccain has, and others have promised to support an up or down vote on hagel. he'll be confirmed which i think is an affirmation the president generally gets his choice for a nominee even if they are a second rate nominee. >> does somebody pay the price -- >> i think that john mccain has paid a price already this week. he said at the beginning of the week that chuck hagel had answered all the queries that were put before him. then he derated ted cruz, the senator from texas that was suggesting that hagel may have had some money from north korea, or iran, or saudi arabia, with absolutely no basis, in fact. i mean now the charge, republicans have been talking about this and answering questions about it, the friends of-- hamas have endorsed chuck hagel there is no frensd of hamas, nobody can find them there is no such organization and rand paul is saying if this is true, it is a very serious thing. it is a terrible, terrible chapter. bill coan. >> woodruff: terrible for who. >> for the country, but for the republican party. they are going through a terrible exerci
john mccain has, and others have promised to support an up or down vote on hagel. he'll be confirmed which i think is an affirmation the president generally gets his choice for a nominee even if they are a second rate nominee. >> does somebody pay the price -- >> i think that john mccain has paid a price already this week. he said at the beginning of the week that chuck hagel had answered all the queries that were put before him. then he derated ted cruz, the senator from texas that...
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he knows chuck hagel well, they traveled to iraq and afghanistan together. i think he admired hagel's strength and independence in standing up on some of these issues in the senate. and he i was intrigued by hagel's status as someone who has actually been an enlisted man, two purple hearts, understands the wages of war. >> rose: and are friends too, i mean he liked him. >> there's no doubt that he likes him. and i, you know, i think that the fact that they have a good and close working relationship is to the benefit of the country. >> rose: if political journalist and the public at launch doesn't understand something fundamental about what life is like inside the white house, not hours and not fat agency and not all of that, but the way it works, what is it we don't understand? well, i think the gate challenge in the swhous that nothing inconsequence comes there. the president always says if it's easy to solve, it never comes to me. so by definition you know, virtually everything that's being dealt with on a daily basis has, you know s deeply complex and gen
he knows chuck hagel well, they traveled to iraq and afghanistan together. i think he admired hagel's strength and independence in standing up on some of these issues in the senate. and he i was intrigued by hagel's status as someone who has actually been an enlisted man, two purple hearts, understands the wages of war. >> rose: and are friends too, i mean he liked him. >> there's no doubt that he likes him. and i, you know, i think that the fact that they have a good and close...
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defense secretary chuck hagel said if red flags were raised they were missed. >> obviously when you go back and look at all this, there were red flags, of course there were. should we have picked them up, why didn't we, all those questions need obe answered -- to be answered. >> who is going to take the wrap or get the wrap or both? >> there is a more important question here, this is another in a series of massacres from fort hood to tucson, new town and aurora, colorado. he wanted to end his life and he said i am going to go out like the other people did in a way i become famous and people write about me and talk about me and the way to do that is kill more people than anyone else and that is the draw and the attraction and the reward he got for the way he ended his life. when you get people like that they will look at the examples before them and they all go out and do the same thing or try to do worse. >> was that harsh? >> i don't know if he was in search of celebrity. because he didn't live long enough to see it. he had mental problems and sought help but no real follow up. the th
defense secretary chuck hagel said if red flags were raised they were missed. >> obviously when you go back and look at all this, there were red flags, of course there were. should we have picked them up, why didn't we, all those questions need obe answered -- to be answered. >> who is going to take the wrap or get the wrap or both? >> there is a more important question here, this is another in a series of massacres from fort hood to tucson, new town and aurora, colorado. he...
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. >> brown: the president tasked secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel to convey that same message to top lawmakers today. president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike. meanwhile, in london, british prime minister david cameron faced a rising chorus of opposition in parliament to attacking syria. he sought to play down fears of a wider war. >> to me the biggest danger of escalation is if the world community, not just britain but america, and others, stand back and do nothing because i think assad will draw very clear conclusions from that. >> brown: france endorsed that sentiment, and the defense minister signaled his nation's military is poised to act. >> ( translated ): the armed forces are in a position to respond to the requests and the decisions of the president once he r
. >> brown: the president tasked secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel to convey that same message to top lawmakers today. president obama himself spoke by phone with house speaker john boehner. in a letter, boehner had urged him to explain the rationale for any attack on syria. separately, nearly 120 other house members-- 98 republicans and 18 democrats-- wrote to the president, demanding that he seek congressional authorization before any military strike....
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between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the best deal he's going to get from the united states. >> suarez:. >> brown: well, the demands for the u.s. and others seems fairly clear and the push for sanctions go on. the iranians say they want the sanctions lifted first. so have you heard anything that suggests it's a sort of vicious cycle in that regard? >> this has also been a perennial challenge that synchronizing negotiations, who makes the first overture, but it's not within the realm of possibilities that the u.s. congress or president obama is going to remove sanctions before the negotiations start and i do see the two sides still being quite f
between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the...
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meanwhile, in washington, defense secretary chuck hagel weighed in at a pentagon briefing. >> north korea has been, with its bellicose rhetoric, its action, has been skating very close to a dangerous line. their actions and words have not helped defuse a combustible situation. >> sreenivasan: north korea has warned all foreign diplomats to leave its capital, pyongyang. but the european union said today there's no need to take such steps. in economic news, there was word the u.s. federal reserve wants to keep longterm interest rates low through at least mid-year. the news came in the minutes of the fed's last meeting. the report gave wall street an early boost, and it never looked back. the dow jones industrial average gained 128 points to close at 14,802. the nasdaq rose 59 points to close at 3,297. saturday home mail delivery is back on for now. the u.s. postal service said today it's delaying plans to end saturday service because congress will not allow the change. back in february, the postal service said it would have to cut back to five-day-a-week delivery by august, to rein in costs
meanwhile, in washington, defense secretary chuck hagel weighed in at a pentagon briefing. >> north korea has been, with its bellicose rhetoric, its action, has been skating very close to a dangerous line. their actions and words have not helped defuse a combustible situation. >> sreenivasan: north korea has warned all foreign diplomats to leave its capital, pyongyang. but the european union said today there's no need to take such steps. in economic news, there was word the u.s....
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process that is the national security council, she has to convince john kerry, secretary of state, chuck hagel, cia director, all of the principals that she will bring their views honestly and cleanly to the president, so if there is a good decision-making process, and i have watched, i know les gelb has watched, over decades, this can really get messed up. >> absolutely. >> if people feel that the national security advisor is putting his or now her thumb on the scale and affecting the balance. the president isn't getting a clean shake in terms of what his cabinet officers are saying. susan rice will have to be very careful about that. i especially worry that she and john kerry both am bush, eager to make a real mark in american foreign policy are going to be occupying the same policy space and that somehow they will have to get an agreement of rules of the road before they start or i think there is going to be a crackup. >> rose: finally, finally put in samantha power that goes to the united nations, what difference does that make. at the united nations? >> yes. >> i don't think it will make
process that is the national security council, she has to convince john kerry, secretary of state, chuck hagel, cia director, all of the principals that she will bring their views honestly and cleanly to the president, so if there is a good decision-making process, and i have watched, i know les gelb has watched, over decades, this can really get messed up. >> absolutely. >> if people feel that the national security advisor is putting his or now her thumb on the scale and affecting...
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now he has in position chuck hagel at secretary of defense, john kerry as secretary of state who will soon have susan rice as national security advisor and pending senate ratification man? that power as u.n. ambassador. all of whom supported him for the nomination and for election. i mean -- >> pelley: you're saying that's different? >> they're loyalist. well, hillary clinton didn't support him. leon panetta was not an intimate or supporter, even the successor of bob gates, bob gates did not support him. jim jones was not campaigning in iowa for him. >> pelley: what does that say? >> well, it says there's a pulling in of loyalty -- and i'm not saying loyalty rumps ability because these are able people. i think in the case of susan rice there's no question this was very personal with the president. he likes her, he's close to her, he appreciates her support, particularly in 2008 and he knows she was hung out to dry on benghazi, that his administration -- >> woodruff: the so-called talking points. >> it wasn't petraeus, it wasn't clinton, it wasn't panetta who did the five shows, she di
now he has in position chuck hagel at secretary of defense, john kerry as secretary of state who will soon have susan rice as national security advisor and pending senate ratification man? that power as u.n. ambassador. all of whom supported him for the nomination and for election. i mean -- >> pelley: you're saying that's different? >> they're loyalist. well, hillary clinton didn't support him. leon panetta was not an intimate or supporter, even the successor of bob gates, bob...
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defense secretary chuck hagel and the joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey were there, along with others. dempsey said today the issue has become a crisis. in congress, a bipartisan group of senators called for removing commanders from deciding whether sexual assault charges are prosecuted. new york democrat kirsten gillibrand: >> today we're standing on a united front to take on these this issues on with new legislation that will fundamentally remove the decision making from the chain of command and gives that descretions to an experienced military prosecutor where it belongs. >> holman: the pentagon estimated last week there were some 26,000 cases of unwanted sexual contact last year. most went unreported. and this week, there were allegations of sexual misconduct against an army sergeant whose job was to prevent such crimes. the u.s. house has voted to repeal the president's health care reform law again. it was the 37th time the republican-led house has moved to kill the law since its passage in 2010. as before, the tally was almost entirely down party lines. the de
defense secretary chuck hagel and the joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey were there, along with others. dempsey said today the issue has become a crisis. in congress, a bipartisan group of senators called for removing commanders from deciding whether sexual assault charges are prosecuted. new york democrat kirsten gillibrand: >> today we're standing on a united front to take on these this issues on with new legislation that will fundamentally remove the decision making...
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they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple of them. >> they share the popcorn. woodruff: that's a tradition they started a few years ago. a a number of members picked it up. it seemed to fade. >> it was done right after the gabrielle giffords. >> woodruff: she's here tonight. i don't think we've seen her in the last few minutes but we saw her just before we went on the air. she's there with her husband mark kelly. she and her husband have become the two, i guess, you could say the most prominent faces of this new push to do something about gun violence. they're working with the mayors against... >> exactly. and especially i
they have been two of the most critical of the nominee to be his successor, chuck hagel. it is date night too. i want to point out that. the democratic senator from colorado two years ago proposed, judy, that members instead of just democrats sitting with democrats and republicans... this year i think he's doing it with the republican senator from alaska, that peoplec with people from the other party and across the aisle. several members have done it. i think mccain and gram seem to be a couple...